ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,607, issued on April 22, was assigned to SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. (Chiba, Japan).
"Printing unit and portable terminal" was invented by Kouhei Miyawaki (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing unit includes: a platen roller, which extends in an axial direction, and is configured to convey a recording sheet; a thermal head configured to perform printing on the recording sheet through press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller; a support plate, which is arranged on a side opposite to the platen roller across the thermal head, and is configured to support the thermal head; a frame, which includes a r...